While the world has made progress to get more kids to school since 2000, the severe lack of financing for global education inflicts a lifelong sentence of poverty for those without an education.

Recent progress in the United States can be measured by funding increases for global education. This summer, during the heart of the federal budget and appropriations process, the US Congress has the opportunity to build on this progress by notably increasing support for millions of children -- mostly girls -- who are denied the opportunity to go to school.

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